Eliot's Notes to "The Waste Land" // 3.197

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But at my back from time to time I hear
The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring
Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the spring.

Eliot's Note:

197. Cf. Day, Parliament of Bees:

“When of the suddden, listening, you shall hear,
“A noise of horns and hunting, which shall bring
“Actaeon to Diana in the spring,
“Where all shall see her naked skin...”

Additional info:

Parliament of Bees by John Day


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